Director of National Intelligence: China Using ‘Gene Editing’ to Boost Military

Chinese soldiers line-up after a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of China's entry into the Korean War in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China on October 23, 2020. Kevin Frayer/Getty Images

Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Sunday said the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is using “gene editing” to boost its military.

Ratcliffe noted that if the CCP supersedes the United States to become the world’s superpower, it would imperil “individual liberties, freedoms” around the world, adding that “free enterprise [is] all at stake.”